Weekly reading
Readings for the week of April 21, 2024
- Sunday: Acts 4:8-12 / Ps 118: 1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 (22) / Jn 3:1-2 / Jn 10:11-18
- Monday: Acts 11:1-18 / Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4 / Jn 10:1-10
- Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26 / Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7 / Jn 10:22-30
- Wednesday: Acts 12:24—13:5a / Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6 and 8 / Jn 12:44-50
- Thursday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14 / Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17 / Mk 16:15-20
- Friday: Acts 13:26-33 / Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab / Jn 14:1-6
- Saturday: Acts 13:44-52 / Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 / Jn 14:7-14
- Next Sunday: Acts 9:26-31 / Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 (26a) / 1 Jn 3:18-24 / Jn 15:1-8
A PRAYER FOR PEACE by POPE FRANCIS
WORLD PEACE
I know there is but one Mind, which is the mind of God, in which all people live and move and have their being.
I know there is a divine pattern for humanity and within this pattern there is infinite harmony and peace, cooperation, unity and mutual helpfulness.
I know that the mind of humankind being one with the mind of God, shall discover the method, the way and means best fitted to permit the flow of Divine Love between individuals and nations.
Thus harmony, peace, cooperation, unity, and mutual helpfulness are experienced by all.
I know there will be a free interchange of ideas, of cultures, of spittle concepts, of ethics, of educational systems and scientific discoveries - for all good belongs to all alike. I know that, because Divine Mind has created us all, we are bound together in one infinite and perfect unity.
I know that all people and all nations will remain individual but unified for the common purpose of promoting peace, happiness, harmony, and prosperity.
I know that deep within each person the Divine Pattern of perfect peace is already implanted.
I now declare that in each person and in leaders of though everywhere this Divine Pattern moves into action and form, to the end that all nations and all people will live together in peace, harmony, and prosperity forever.
And so it is! -Ernest Holmes
Blessing for Our Nation
God of all things, we come before you in thanksgiving for all that you have created.
For the world and its beauty, but especially for the people around us. We ask you today to give us wisdom
and courage to look at the world and all its problems and inspire us to dream great ways to improve upon
what you have so graciously given to us.
Make us worthy to call you Father.
And together bestow insight upon us to honor your created things. Bless, protect, and gift us ever
anew with your love.
We ask all this as members of this country,
in Christ's name. Amen.
LET US PRAY….God our Father, graciously accept from your humble people a thankful heart and spirit. Everything we have and are able to share with others ultimately comes from your love of your creations. Often we think that everything we have is our own creation; we ask you this day to create in us a spirit of gratitude, that we may always know that all good gifts come from you. Amen
SAFETY OF ALL IN AGRICULTURE... Blessed Mary, Mother of God, and great Saint Joseph, you protected and kept safe the Divine Child, Jesus. We ask your special intercession and protection of all who work in Agriculture, especially on the farm. Man, having been cast out of the Garden of Eden, must now work by the sweat of his brow to get food to eat as you foretold in Genesis. And he must also battle fatigue, danger and accidents. Protect all in agriculture against these and all danger and evil, so that when they complete their work each day and each season, they return to your altar and their families whole and entire to love and honor You and the ones you have given them all the days of their lives. We ask through the holy name of Jesus. Amen